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One of my areas of interests is looking to understand why people do certain behaviors, especially in the area of relationships and parenting. This post is based on internet research that varied in facts so what I propose is a possibility. Only those who were there know all the pieces. If the stories of his infidelity are true, here are some thoughts as to what can lead to this type of behavior and choices and some resources that can maybe cast a different perspective. I am going to write this more about Tiger Woods as a regular married guy with a wife, two small children, a toddler and infant, and a career.
There has been a long history of talent and passion for sports in the Woods family starting with Tiger's grandfather, Miles. Miles had epilepsy, loved baseball and was a care taker and street cleaner. Miles had 5 children by his first wife and 6 with his second wife, Maude. Maude was college educated and committed to her children becoming educated. Tiger's dad, Earl, was born March 3, 1932 in Kansas and Earl's Dad died when he was 11 and his mom died when he was 15. "Earl left Manhattan High School in 1949, went on to Kansas State University, apparently on some kind of sporting scholarship, and in 1951 became the first black baseball player in "the Big Seven" group of midwestern colleges. As such, he was obliged to eat and sleep separately from his fellow players during away games. Bright, and faithful to his mother's priorities, Earl Woods emerged from university with a degree in Sociology. His hopes of a glamorous career in baseball faded after he failed to secure terms from any club save the Kansas City Monarchs, a black team which played in a minor league." Telegraph
Earl was a talented baseball player however racial issues of the time appeared to have possibly limited his ability to go as far as he wanted. At age 22, on May 18, 1954 in Kansas, Earl married Barbara (author of At All Costs - My life with the man behind Tiger, 2000), a woman who appears African American in a photo, and Earl was a mix of several ethnicities. Three years later, when Earl was 25, Earl Jr was born, at age 27, Kevin was born and at age 28, Royce, Earl's one daughter, was born. So in 1960, at age 28, Earl and Barbara had three small children under the age of 4. In 1961, he was posted to Korea and the subsequent year to Vietnam. In 1966 or 1967, Earl volunteered for the Green Berets and goes to Vietnam on a 1 year tour and is appointed to be in charge of recreation, rest and relaxation in either Vietnam or Thailand. He has now been married for 13 years. He returns in 1968. Earl is 37, still married with an 11, 9 and 8-year-old. At some point in Thailand or Vietnam, he met Lutilda, also know as "Tida", a Thai women who helped with entertainment and recreation, who was 13 years younger than Earl. Earl returned from Vietnam, divorced Barbara in 1968 in Juarez, Mexico and married Tida July 11, 1969 and then got his divorce in the US from Barbara in 1972. (Do US marriages that result in divorce in Juarez count as legal in the US or was he married to both women for 4 years?) He does another tour in Vietnam 1972-1973.
On December 30, 1975 "Tiger" Woods was born Eldrick Tont Woods. Tont being a Thai name. I found two versions. Once was that Tiger loved golf on his own and was playing with a putter before he could walk. The other story was that his dad was putting a putter in his hand before he could walk. Earl used psychological warfare as part of Tiger's training. Tiger's first public girlfriend was Joanna Jagoda, now a lawyer. They were both 22 and the relationship dates vary from 1998 to 2001, having it end when they were about 25 or before. One quote said that it ended because Earl Woods didn't like Joanna, another quote was that his father and mother had never warmed to any girlfriend.
(I break here to touch base on nuclear versus cellular family styles, and it is not the normal way we think of them. This nuclear does not mean married, it means extended family. Nuclear families were built for stability and financial survival and center around a dominant person. "We have to go every Sunday for family dinner or else my Mother will be furious." What is gotten in stability and financial benefits is also often sacrificed in individualism. Families often determine children's careers and vote on spouses. A spouse that inspires the nuclear family member to individuate and become his or her own person is perceived as a threat. The dominant central figure will often "disapprove" of the person or relationship therefore placing the man or woman in the position of "Do I date and marry who I want and risk losing my family's approval and support?" Often intimidation or seduction, packaged as acceptance, guilt, money or approval strongly influence behavior in this system. Without the children and others doing what is expected of them, the system will fail. Cellular is people pairing off with their spouse and getting together with their extended family for a cause. A wedding. They have less stability but have more opportunity to be themselves and make their own choices. I also want to introduce the idea that growing up, a boy looks to his father as what is called a demonstrator model, or how to be a man. This shows a boy how to relate to the world in work and how to relate to, protect, provide for and cherish a woman, by watching his dad. The boy's relationship with his mother is equally important as she is the first woman he meets and how she respects or disrespects her son and his father impact how he will relate to women in the future. There is a quote that I like but I do not know where it comes from that the best gift a father can give his children is to love their mother. If a parent is physically absent, as when they die or travel or emotionally absent, as with extra marital affairs, mental illness or addiction, a child can struggle with the loss even if they find other parent figures to love and teach them.) My other favorite quote and I do not know who said it is "Children are better imitators than listeners.
An Earl quote was that he did want Tiger to marry and have kids but not until Tiger was 30. Earl said something about a wife complaining about wanting quality time, wanting a pro golfer to stay home and that it could negatively influence Tiger's golf career. In 2001, Tiger was supposedly introduced to Elin, who was 21 and he was 26. The relationship appears to have gone public in 2002 and they married in October 2004, 2 months shy of Tiger's 30th birthday. According to the current media, his affair with Jaimee Grubbs started in April 2007, just months before his wife gave birth to Sam, his first child. Sam is born when Tiger is 32 and Elin is 27. Tiger chooses to miss Sam's christening and play at a Chsirity event instead. Charlie, Tiger's son, is born when they are 34 and 29.
In Jungian thinking, if a man has not gone through and made peace with his Fisher-King wound and transformed from boy to man, he is unable to give, protect and cherish his wife and expects, instead, nurturing and mothering from a woman. When she is about to become a mother, he will look elsewhere to get his mothering needs met. It is worth mentioning that nuclear families do not generally want their children, boys or girls, to become emotionally mature because that only happens through individuation. That means they unconsciously stay overly enmeshed with their children to prevent them from becoming and developing into the individuals they are to maintain control of them and to keep the system stable. The Fisher King wound and healing can occur anytime in childhood if the parents, particularly the mother, is aware enough to the let the boy go. Or, the maturing into a full man can happen in a crisis or crucible state, as described by Warren Benniss, in his Becoming a Leader book. Honor is doing the right thing no matter how a man feels. Doing what one feels like doing without honor is boy behavior.
A few other quotes and possible pieces of the unraveling puzzle. Tiger combines golf with girls and gambling. Some Tida quotes from Tiger mother on the internet are "He kills David's heart". "Tiger steals his heart." She embraces Buddhism, never forgets, never forgives and revels in payback. European Press quote when seeing the US golfers "How is it possible they all married the same cocktail waitress? In Chasing Tiger it reads that Tiger visits his golf school in Vegas, he combines golf, girls and gambling.
Agassi's book of how he did not choose tennis but did it because his Dad wanted him to play and then went through a self-destructive period until he could be his own man makes me wonder if this could be a common theme in many fields where a child was pushed to possibly be someone he or she is not. Agassi appears to be happily married and now at peace.
The pain any couple feels going through this type of crisis is enormous. His Needs her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage by Dr. Harley states that the number one need most women have is for openness and honesty from their husband, so lies make most women feel upset, off balance, crazy and sometimes ill. (In fact, Dr. Harley's formula for recovering from an affair by a husband includes total transparency with everything to restore safety and stability.) For a man to not be able to be who he wants to be and not be able to do what he wants to do is also painful.
Dr. Pat Allen, a Los Angeles based psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy, marital and family counseling and the author of multiple books, including Staying Married and Loving It, often states pain is only an indicator of change needed or change in progress.
I hope that this very difficult experience results in a more authentically content life from this point forward for Tiger, Elin and their children. If the rumors of his affairs turn out to be true, hopefully Tiger and Elin will reach out to some good marriage experts, like Dr. Harley or Dr. Pat Allen, for help healing and growing from this.
Question: Can someone truly flourish long-term (health, relationships and career) if it is not really who he or she is? What do you think?


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L4L is very concerned about the ongoing harassment of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai. Dai was under house arrest in Hanoi since 2011, serving a four-year sentence that was due to end on 5 March 2015. He has been the victim of several acts of intimidation in the months leading up to the end of his house arrest.
On 30 January 2015, two unidentified men broke the front door of his apartment in Hanoi, and threatened to burn his home and assault him. He reported the incident to the police.
On the day his house arrest was supposed to end, the authorities informed him they wouldn't officially end his probation unless he would officially promise, at the police station, that he would not continue his work as a human rights lawyer or any other work criticizing the government. When Dai refused to do so, "thugs" were sent to his home to harass him on March 5 and 6.
Shortly thereafter, the authorities have given Dai the written confirmation of the expiration of his house arrest. Lawyers for Lawyers has been informed, however, that the police is still surveilling him.
Nguyen Van Dai is, since his return to Vietnam after years in Eastern-Germany, a well-known human rights activist. He has been under control of government officials for many years now, and this house arrest followed on the four years imprisonment he was sentenced to in 2007 for propaganda against the state. Dai founded the Committee for Human Rights of Vietnam and his work as a human rights lawyer and blogger is disapproved by the Vietnam authorities.
The recent attacks on Dai come in a context of a series of physical assaults against human rights defenders, bloggers and human rights lawyers that have taken place in the previous months, which were perpetrated either by police officers or groups of people in the street. Reportedly, there has been a failure to investigate these attacks.
In a letter, L4L called on the Vietnamese authorities investigate the attacks on Nguyen Van Dai.

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"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." ~John 12:24
It has come to my attention that this week is National Infertility Awareness Week. I kind of find the term "infertility awareness" as laughable when I think back to a time in my life when every week was Infertility Awareness week for me. Every day. Every hour. Something would come up to remind me of my emptiness. Perhaps you know what I'm talking about.
It's a vague memory now. And I don't say that lightly. I don't think, looking back, that I ever could have imagined myself writing those words out. Much less for anyone to read.
But there is such a beautiful story of God's grace, His leading, His plan. I just have to share a part of my story. I know that there are many different walks of life represented in my readers and many of you mamas have become mamas in a variety of ways. Biological, foster, adoptive, step, in-laws (or in-loves, as I call my in-laws). Each of you have unique stories to tell and I recognize that there may be some foster or adoptive or step-moms out there that long to bear your "own" child. I get it. I used to be there. But I am no longer and I want to share how and why.
This is my story.
July 29, 2009…a day which will live in infamy. At least for me. I was nearly 28 years old, married eight years, childless and getting a hysterectomy. There have been a handful of times in my life when I have felt completely and totally surrendered to God and His will. This was one of those times.
My surgeon had worried that we were being premature. My nurse practitioner, who knew my whole miserable story had referred me to him. He was a quiet, small-statured, South Korean man, who had been a well-known name in my hometown for years. He delivered many of my friends AND their babies. During our consult, he looked very seriously at Shane and me and said in his Asian accent, "You so young! You sure you want to do this? You only 27. If you 40, I say fine. Nobody need uterus at 40! But you so young." He was right. I was very young but had already suffered 16 years. After he did his own ultrasound, all doubt was removed, even on his part and he agreed it was the best decision. The surgery was scheduled.
I had a successful career at VW. I never planned on staying as long as I did. I was sure I would get pregnant and be a stay-at-home mommy like I had always dreamed. I regret to say that I didn't give VW the best that I could have because I was always looking ahead to the phase of life I longed for. In spite of this, they took great care of me and I got six weeks paid time off to recuperate. Wow. I guess was really doing this. May and June flew by and before I knew it, the surgery was looming in the near future. It was a dark cloud. I kept fantasizing that in the time leading up to my surgery, I would get pregnant and would have to cancel the surgery.
July came. Every year for the first two weeks in July for my entire life, I have gone to our annual church Camp Meeting. I wish I could say that every year I went with the sole desire to be changed by the Lord. To leave different than I came. Better than I came. Several years I did a lot of visiting with friends from all over the country but not necessarily a lot of praying at the altar. Several years I went serious and left with significant spiritual experiences. Shane proposed to me at Camp Meeting 2000. No matter what, I always enjoyed Camp Meeting and planned my summer around it.
2009 was different. I went feeling sorry for myself and I longed for sympathy. Poor 27-year old Glenda has to have a hysterectomy. I looked up all my former pastors' wives and hoped for encouraging, magical words that would make it feel better. Many ladies that I knew did give those encouraging words along the way and helped me to know that I was not alone. But I went basically the entire two weeks of Camp Meeting in misery. I wanted a different outcome. I wanted to be healed. I wanted the Lord to give me a baby in my own womb. I was striving with the Lord. The funny part is that I had already committed to the Lord to adopt. So why was this so important to me?
Then one night near the end of Camp, I'm pretty sure it was the last Friday night of Camp, in fact, it happened. It was in a song called, "I Choose," originally sung by Ivan Parker. Take the time to listen to it. It's powerful.
The Lord had let me wallow in self-pity long enough. Now He was asking me to choose the better way. His perfect will. My Daddy had told me more times in my life that I could count on both hands how very important it was to want God's perfect will and not just His permissive one. I had been trying to convince God that my way was better. I was trying to twist His arm. Thankfully, He loved me enough to not allow me to get my own way. He sees all and knows all and knew the day would come when I would thank Him from the bottom of my heart for not giving me what I wanted, but rather what I needed.
That night I wept bitterly. But the bitterness slowly melted as the Lord began to reason with me. My tears started flowing differently, turning from gall into a sweet incense for my Lord as I began to slowly surrender my will to Him.
I felt Him ask so simply, "How could you be raised knowing your Mom's story, hearing it over and over and over again, knowing My power to intervene, but not trust that I will do the same for you if that is My will?"
You see, in 1977, my mother had gone through a very similar trial only she was in her 30's and not yet married. Going under the knife believing she would come out unable to bear children before even meeting the love of her life was devastating. However, she had a godly physician who prayed with her prior to the surgery and asked the Lord to guide His hand. He later shared with her that the Lord stopped his hand and only allowed him to remove the affected ovary. When she awoke, he told her of the massive cyst he had removed (about the size of a grapefruit) but that he had left everything else alone. He believed her "knight in shining armor" would come along some day. And sure enough, in January 1979, he did. Long story short, here I am.
Talk about humbled.
The thought even occurred to me, What if the Lord allowed Mom to go through the trial she did just so that years later it would encourage me to make the decision I need to make right now?
Make that doubly humbled.
That evening as I was mulling all of this over in my heart, I had felt so distant from the Lord. So much so that instead of going down to the altar to pray as I normally would, I sat in the very back of the Tabernacle. My Mom happened to be there that night and sat beside me. I shared with her all my emotions and thoughts through my tears. As she listened, she concluded that was very likely why the Lord had allowed her to suffer and told me how blessed she felt to do that for me.
It was on that night, and possibly at that very moment that the Lord consumed my sacrifice. I felt an unwavering peace that would stay with me in the days ahead.
Two weeks later, early on a Friday morning as I headed to the hospital for surgery, I realized that I was no longer expecting God to intervene. That's not to say it was easy. The nurses who were prepping me realized that they had not done a pregnancy test with my other lab work the week before, so… lucky me! I had to pee in a cup and hear just minutes before my surgery that I was indeed not pregnant. Familiar words. Yet, even then, I had a peace to continue trusting in my Father's heart and that He not only knew what was best for me, but for my future and other lives it might affect.
I began to have a renewed fervor to adopt.
When I was nine years old, the Lord laid adoption on my heart. When Shane and I were discussing future spouses, before we even started dating, we both agreed that we were called to adopt. But I had always pictured a blended family. Biological, adopted and perhaps foster kiddos.
But on that Friday night at Camp Meeting when the Lord broke my will so that His could spring forth, I realized that I had wanted to bear a child to somehow meet a need in me. After all, what was wrong with wanting that? It was Hannah's heart's desire, and Sarah's, and Rachel's and the Lord and filled their wombs in miraculous ways. So why not me?
The Lord was trying to show me something profoundly important. Because my focus was on the fact that my womb could not bear a child, I was missing the truth that my heart still could. In fact, my heart can bear many more children than my uterus ever could!
So here I am writing this tonight with three children all tucked in their beds in this little home of ours. Two are ours. Our very own. I didn't bear them in the traditional sense, but they are our "own" children. And our foster daughter will be forever in my heart whether she is under our roof or not. Two other foster sons have moved on, but I still hold them in my heart and I have not only had the privilege of loving them, but their parents as well.
God knew what He was doing. He always does.
Dear mama dealing with infertility, I have not written this to minimize your struggle. I know exactly how you feel. I've seen the specialists, tried the treatments, suffered through years of pain, miscarriage, heartache, loss, anger and confusion. I have begged, pleaded and bargained with God. Some of you are reading this that still have a longing to bear a child and I didn't write this to change your heart or mind. I wrote this to encourage you. He does ALL things well. In His time.
And His perfect will has the potential to knock your socks off, sweep you off your feet, turn you upside down and never leave you the same.
And whatever that may be for you or however that looks, choose it anyway.
Blessings and much love,


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The show began with an ode to her tidy daytime uniform of pristine white shirts and black bottoms, and ended with a parade of her once idiosyncratic, now classic evening style — white shirt, belt, sweeping silk faille ballskirt.
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Joy and Yook Sungjae had a fairytale wedding on "We Got Married," and their group members from Red Velvet and BTOB visit to show them love.
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Addyi is a prescription non-hormonal pill taken every day at bedtime. It is the only FDA approved treatment for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD). Addyi is believed to work on the part of the brain involved in sexual interest and desire though its exact mechanism of action is not fully understood.6 In clinical studies with Addyi, some women experienced improvement in one or more of their HSDD symptoms7,8,9, including:
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CHICAGO — Amid economic uncertainty and low consumer confidence levels, retail CFOs are expecting a 3% increase in total 2011 sales, according to a recent survey by BDO USA.
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■ Reed Valley Orchard, 239 Lail Lane in Paris, will have its annual Blueberry Jubilee and Pancake Day on Saturday. Fresh blueberry pancakes will be served until 1:30 p.m., and you can pick your own blueberries until 5:30 p.m. Entertainment will include line dancers and singer Lauren Mink. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (859) 987-6480 or go to Reedvalleyorchard.com.
■ Wilson Nurseries, 3690 East-West Connector Road in Frankfort, will have its second annual Bluegrass Eggfest this weekend. On Friday, dinner at its Sage Garden Café will feature menu items prepared on the Big Green Egg grill. Live entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, guest grillers will prepare barbecued dishes on the Big Green Egg. Call (502) 223-1488 or go to Wilsonnurseriesky.com.
■ WineStyles, 2535 Nicholasville Road, will pour two wines for tasting Friday and Saturday. Bel-Air peach bellini, a sparkling wine from California, and a fruity sangria from Spain will be available by the glass from the wine bar. Call (859) 278-9463 or go to Winestyles.net/lexington.
■ Alfalfa Restaurant, 141 East Main Street, will serve brunch on the Fourth of July from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — after the Bluegrass 10,000 race and before the parade. The menu includes pancakes made with Black Diamond berries and tomato-basil omelets with Boone Creek Creamery's tangy Welsh caerphilly cheese. On Saturday evenings during summer, all bottles of wine are $5 off. Call (859) 253-0014 or go to Alfalfarestaurant.com.
■ Josie's, 821 Chevy Chase Place, now serves beer and wine to complement the shrimp and grits, fried chicken and pasta. Included are beers from Kentucky Ale and West Sixth Brewing Co. Beginning Monday, hours will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Call (859) 523-8328 or go to Josieslex.com.
■ Natasha's Bistro & Bar, 112 Esplanade, has a seafood special Friday and Saturday. Included is a sesame-crusted tuna fillet served with shaved fennel and orange slaw, and topped with crisp leek straws. The farmers market brunch, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, features bacon from Hillside Farms, eggs from Emily's in Scott County and "orange twist bliss" from The Weekly Juicery. Call (859) 259 2754.
■ Rossi's Restaurant, 1060 Chinoe Road, offers a dinner special daily, and to go with the chef's creation, a glass of chardonnay or cabernet is priced at $3. On Tuesdays, featured bottles of wines are half-price. Call (859) 335-8788 or go to Rossis-restaurant.com.
■ The summer menu at Casanova's, 855 South Broadway, includes prosciutto and melon, veal peperonata and fettuccine di mare. Call (859) 309-3313 or go to Casanovaky.com.
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■ Winchester/Clark County Farmers Market is open 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, in the parking lot of Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 217 South Main Street.
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Marriage Minute # 91 What Do You Mean, "Love"?
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You go out for a walk in the woods because a friend told you that these woods are full of beautiful songbirds. Because of the unpaved trail, the weather outdoors, the bugs, and other attitudes you walk into the woods while yelling about how awful things are. When the birds don't show up, you get confused and you get demanding. You scream, "Sing to me." You soon storm out of the woods, calling your friend some new names. Why did your gentle friend hear the birds, while you do not? This walk in the woods just wasn't what it was cracked up to be.
Maybe you should hire a birdwatcher.
You go into a marriage because you have always heard how wonderful it is. But soon, you start to wonder why this other person is not cooperating with you, and why they haven't made you deliriously happy. You decide that marriage doesn't feel the same as going out with your friends most nights of the week. Maybe you want to be left alone more than you are, or maybe you are left alone, too much. You don't hear what you want to hear, and you scream, "Sing to me." Or, maybe it's the other way around- maybe your spouse talks, and you had not considered this possibility.
Maybe you should interview the fellow who scared the birds away. This is the story of the man or woman who is called, "not the marrying kind."
Or, consider Christelle Demichel, a French woman whose fiancé died seventeen months prior to the wedding. Apparently, this is no great problem for the French, in whose country it is legal to marry someone who is deceased. The law went into effect in 1959 so that a fiancé would still be able to inherit from the deceased.
Demichel appeared wearing black, carrying yellow roses, and stood alone. She said the wedding was loads of fun, just like a wedding is supposed to be. (Was it really how she thought it should be?) Most of us want a wedding to have more to it.
I'm not a birdwatcher, but I have been a people-watcher for a long time. It does seem to me that something gets lost in the translation from wedding to marriage, and from expectation to understanding and participation.
Harriet Lerner said it well in her book, The Dance of Connection. She said, "Falling in love tells us absolutely nothing about whether a particular relationship is healthy or good for us." She points out that it doesn't matter if we call it "love or sauerkraut", The main question is not about the intensity of love, but whether or not the relationship is about what is good, and about whether or not we are navigating "our part of it in a solid way." Does this love increase or inhibit our ability to be authentic and self-disclosing? Are we committed to these two things? If the answer is No, then perhaps several answers should be No.
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This city looks much like any other its size in Brazil, but its 325,000 residents are victims of a peculiar prejudice they cannot seem to escape. For more than a century, Brazilians of every class in every part of the country have believed that all the men here are homosexuals.
On television comedy programs, any time a skit features an exaggeratedly effeminate character he is invariably said to be from Pelotas. When the local soccer team plays games on the road, the opposing team's fans bombard the Pelotas players with derisive chants throughout the match.
''I went up to Rio de Janeiro on vacation, and as soon as people there saw 'Pelotas' on my car's license plate the jokes and the ribbing started,'' said Carlos Braga, 36, a supermarket manager. ''It gets to be annoying, because it's really not fair. This is a place of families, with no more homosexuals than anywhere else.''
Still, the prejudice against this city in the extreme south of the country appears to know no bounds. Luiz Inacio da Silva, president of the left-wing Workers' Party, which prides itself on being socially progressive and has sponsored gay rights legislation, caused a national furor a few months ago when he answered a question about industrial development here by describing Pelotas as ''a factory that manufactures queers.''
Brazilian gay rights groups have protested such stereotypes, saying they contribute to discrimination against and persecution of gays in Latin America's most populous nation. But they also argue that Pelotas serves as a sort of lightning rod for the sexual insecurities of a country in which the ideals of machismo still hold sway.Continue reading the main story
''In human psychology, the phenomenon of projection helps to explain a lot of things, including homophobia,'' said Toni Reis, director of Dignidade, a gay rights group based in the southern city of Curitiba. ''No one is 100 percent masculine or feminine, so to erase doubts and feel more sure of your own masculinity, you accuse others of not being macho.''
It probably also does not help that Pelotas, named for a type of crude leather boat that in colonial times was used to transport passengers and goods across small streams, is in a state that cultivates a hyper-masculine image. The state, Rio Grande do Sul, is a cattle-raising area famous for its rough-riding cowboys, and its 10 million inhabitants are even known as gauchos.
''Unless you curse, eat meat with your bare hands, spit on the ground and scratch your crotch, you are considered something less than a man there,'' said Mr. Reis, whose family is from the state. ''My own brothers are like that.''
Historians and anthropologists trace the national bias against Pelotas back to the early 19th century, when the city first emerged as a prosperous meat-exporting center. Many local families became rich and used their new wealth to build opulent libraries and theaters that attracted drama groups from as far away as Europe, and to send their sons off to France to be educated.
When the young men returned, the story goes, they had acquired French manners and habits. They wore elegantly tailored suits and brightly colored embroidered shirts -- at a time when a rough black-and-white cowboy's outfit was the norm throughout southern Brazil -- and spoke in a refined and courteous fashion that made outsiders regard them as dandified intellectuals.
More recently, according to Mayor Fernando Marroni, the animated annual carnival here has also contributed to the city's reputation.
''It was long traditional for the men to dress up as women; people came from as far away from Uruguay and Argentina to see the spectacle, and that just reinforced the image,'' he said.
Richard G. Parker, author of ''Bodies, Pleasures and Passions: Sexual Culture in Contemporary Brazil'' and professor of anthropology at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, describes the prejudice against Pelotas as ''an example of a broader pattern of linking regions or places to notions about sexuality'' in Brazilian society. Women from the northeastern state of Paraíba are assumed to be lesbians, he noted, and ''people from Rio are seen as very sensual.''
But ''the Brazilian male who goes outside Brazil and comes back with 'strange customs,' which is a gloss for homosexuality, is a kind of recurring figure'' in Brazilian sexual folklore, Dr. Parker said. ''It is interesting that the first social representations around AIDS, for example, almost always featured a rich homosexual who had spent time in Paris, London or New York and then come back to Brazil, bringing the infection with him.''
Despite the mythology about Pelotas, there does not seem to be much of an open or organized gay community here at all. José Antonio Cattaneo, a local lawyer and gay rights advocate, attributes that reality to zealousness about not encouraging any activity that would add to the community's reputation.
''I tried to organize a party called 'The Gay After' not too long ago, and invited all my friends,'' he said. ''But nobody here wanted to participate in an event that was publicly identified as gay.''
In elections last fall, Mr. Cattaneo ran for the City Council on a gay rights platform and got barely 500 votes. After he posed for campaign photographs in the main square wearing bikini briefs, a tie and cowboy boots, the local bar association sought to have him disbarred and a rival political party accused him of ''exposing us to the ridicule of the whole country'' by ''denigrating the image of our city.''
But Mr. Cattaneo remains undeterred. He is pushing to have a ''Monument to the Unknown Gay'' built in the main square here, and also wants to encourage what he calls ''gay tourism'' by opening a hotel and ranch for gays and lesbians.
Though Brazilian gay rights groups say intolerance is greatest in provincial cities like this one, Juiz de Fora, a provincial city of 500,000 north of Rio de Janeiro, has already staked out gay tourism. A ''Miss Gay Brazil'' pageant held there every year since 1977 draws thousands, and the city is one of more than 70 in Brazil with legislation protecting homosexual couples.
A similar bill here, sponsored by Mayor Marroni's wife, who is a City Council member, has also been proposed. It would allow public displays of affection by couples of the same sex and prohibit discrimination against them in housing and public facilities like restaurants and hotels.
Mr. Marroni said the project was certain to be approved and would surely generate even more jokes and jeers at the city's expense, but he tried to be philosophical about the situation.
''Everyone in Brazil knows about Pelotas,'' he said. ''That's better than not being known at all.''Continue reading the main story


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Basic computer training provides a platform for people to develop new skills that enable them to access new markets. The curriculum covers Basic Computing Skills, the Internet, Outlook, Excel and Word. Since our relationship with Enza began in 2016, we have been able to offer compute training in all of our 5 branches.
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Indulge in a seasonal menu and fine wines, chosen personally by the owners at V Know.
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Vague wording in the Southeastern Conference`s constitutional bylaws may give the University of Florida a legal opening to challenge Thursday`s decision that stripped the Gators of their 1984 football championship.
Florida President Marshall Criser, a former trial lawyer, hinted at legal action but stopped short of saying Florida would pursue it. He is expected to announce his decision Monday.
``I never make decisions like that when I`m unhappy or mad,`` Criser said Thursday night. ``There are a lot of things at this point that can happen. The action taken (by the SEC presidents) is without written, legal authority and clearly unauthorized by the rules and regulations of the SEC.``
Criser was attending a College Football Association meeting Friday in Dallas and unavailable for further comment.
The presidents of the SEC Thursday overruled (in a 6-4 vote) an earlier executive committee decision that allowed Florida to keep the football title, its first in 51 years of competition. The controversy stemmed from an NCAA investigation that uncovered 59 rules violations within the Florida football program and left the Gators with a two-year probation.
The presidents` decision opened some serious division in the conference. University of Alabama President Dr. Joab Thomas, who sided with Florida, refused to become the next president of the conference after the vote against Florida.
Thomas, who was first vice president and expected to be named league president Thursday, succeeding Dr. James McComas of Mississippi State, declined suddenly after the vote. The presidency quickly was passed to second vice president R. Gerald Turner of Mississippi, who had voted to strip the title.
``In the event the decision should be disputed or go to litigation, it would not be appropriate for me to defend the SEC`s decision. I don`t think I could,`` Thomas said. ``It would be better to have a president who supported this decision. I thought (stripping Florida) was unneccesary.``


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Bob has presented trainings internationally. He has organized over 20 conferences on Ericksonian hypnosis, brief therapy, trauma treatment, and energy psychology, training over 20,000 therapists.
Bob has a unique voice as a teacher. He creates bridges between different domains such as Ericksonian & Solution oriented therapy, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Energy Psychology, spirituality and even improvisational comedy. He is known for his creativity, sense of humor and authenticity. His workshops focus on helping clinicians develop skills that they can immediately implement.
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The Mind-Body-Energy ToolKit: Clinical Approaches that Go Beyond Talk
August 7-11, 2017
Talking in psychotherapy is important. And there are many quality tools that help you go beyond talk. Does your therapeutic tool kit include approaches that purposefully and directly influence the body, sensory experience, and consciousness itself?
Effective psychotherapy helps people regulate the flow of information and energy within themselves and between themselves and others. The goal is to develop flexible and adaptive strategies to create meaningful and joyful lives, sometimes in the face of challenges and trauma.
Discover an integrative framework that includes the latest in neuroscience, trauma-informed treatment, resource and resilience based approaches and energy psychology.
You'll learn specific tools that will significantly increase your effectiveness and flexibility as a therapist. For instance, when your clients are immobilized by trauma or overwhelming affect, can you help them resolve the problem in a matter of minutes? After this workshop you will.
We will focus beyond DSM diagnoses to patterns of information and energy flow on multiple aspects of the body, mind, spirit and relationship. After this experiential training you will walk away with skills you can immediately use.
First, we will focus on building a framework that allows you to integrate all of the approaches learned throughout the week. The ability to be able to move seamlessly between talking, body and energy approaches will be taught as well as linking each strategy to specific solvable treatment goals. Rapid approaches to affect regulation and emotional stabilization will be covered. We will work on the importance of developing therapeutic awareness and presence with specific exercises as well as a self-contained treatment for processing traumatic memories without abreaction.
We will learn how to use emotional freedom techniques (EFT) and other energy psychology approaches. With over 60 studies published in refereed journals, these approaches are both evidenced-based and clinically flexible. And then we will spend time dedicated to putting it all together so that you can make these approaches your own. We will emphasize therapeutic presence, sharpening clinical acumen and intuition. We will apply all of these approaches to different contexts such as anxiety, panic attacks, and couples work.
Foundations of an Integrative Mind Body Tool Kit
- Interpersonal Neurobiology–Polyvagal Theory
- The Science of Mind–Body Healing
- Resource & Resilience Based Approaches
- Trauma (small t and large T) Informed Treatment Strategies
- Creating More Effective Treatment Goals
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- Rapid Transformation of "Negative" Internal Representations
- Building Connections to Safety
- Creating and Strengthening Boundaries
- The Power of Imagery Approaches
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In February of 2017, Dr. Kedrowski led a really fun an exciting expedition to Carstenz Pyramid, on Papua New Guinea. At 16,024'/4884m the limestone giant is considered one of the seven continental summits and highest in Indonesia/Oceania and Australia. A seven day trek just to get to basecamp was required followed by a technical climb of the limestone spire. We could see the ocean from the summit. Check out the latest episode of Tomer's Trails on KDVR Fox 31 Denver/ KWGN 2 for the highlights of the climb.
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Two Years Ago, A Teen Shot His Friend In Cold Blood, Then Took A Selfie With The Bloody Body. Now He Thinks Prison Is Too Hard To Handle.
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A Pennsylvania teen who was accused of murdering his friend and taking a selfie next to his dead body is now appealing his conviction.
According to PEOPLE, 19-year-old Maxwell Morton was tried as an adult and convicted in February of third-degree murder in the horrific shooting death of Ryan Mangan.
Both Morton and Mangan were just 16 when Mangan was fatally shot in his own bedroom by Morton in 2015.
Although Morton quickly fled the scene with his gun, he made sure to take a smiling selfie next to Mangan's dead body, which was slumped over and covered in blood, first.
At Morton's trial, medical experts argued that Mangan may not have died right away from the gunshot wound and might have survived had Morton actually sought help immediately after the shooting.
When Mangan's mother returned home from work, she discovered her son's bloodied body in his bedroom.
Back in May, Morton was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison on third-degree murder charges, though prosecutors had initially hoped to see him convicted of first-degree murder in Mangan's death.
Morton's defense attorney, Patrick Thomassey, revealed earlier this year that his client would absolutely be appealing his conviction.
Since February 2015, Morton has always maintained that the shooting was a tragic accident, the result of two teenagers toying around with a dangerous gun.
After allegedly shooting Mangan by accident, Morton took a selfie with his friend's dead body and shared the photo on Snapchat.
According to reports, the mother of a boy in Ohio saw the photo and immediately reported it to police, which led investigators straight to Morton.
The chilling photo in question was used by prosecutors in court to knock down Morton's version of events.
"He had a little smirk on his face and said, 'I didn't really care either,'" said Westmoreland County Detective James Williams, who interviewed Morton before he was arrested.
When describing Morton's actions, Thomassey insisted that his client was just a scared teen, who fled the scene in a desperate attempt not to get in trouble.
"In my heart of hearts, I don't think Max intended to take a life," Thomassey told PEOPLE in February. "They were playing a silly game."
"I panicked. … I wanted to tell somebody, but at that time I felt empty and had no regards for life. I had no reason to be," Morton echoed in court.
According to court officials, both Thomassey and prosecutors have sought to have Morton's case reviewed for very different reasons.
On one hand, Thomassey believes Morton's sentence is too harsh for the teen, but on the other, prosecutors say 15 to 30 years behind bars is not enough after what Morton did to his friend.
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The Other Type Of SAD Disorder You Rarely Hear About
Have you ever noticed how, at certain times of the year, for no particular reason you can figure out, you feel sad or depressed? Perhaps you feel anxious the week or so before Christmas, even though nothing bad has happened and your in-laws are not coming this year. Perhaps you feel blue when fall finally turns to winter, which just happens to be when your best friend passed away or when your parents announced that they were divorcing. What we are trying to say is that there are particular months, times of the year, seasons or holidays that carry emotional ties that we are often not even aware of.
Every single one of us has emotional ties to certain times that are irreversibly tied to our past. Your mind is trying to make sense of your experiences, organizing them, without your being aware of it. This is your subconscious making a note to itself, so to speak, based on certain factors from the past.
Sometimes these connections are obvious. Have you ever felt sad and couldn't figure out why, then suddenly realized that yesterday was the anniversary of your favorite dog's death? Other times, these connections are not obvious to us, only in our vague awareness that we don't feel "right." Our memories and emotions can bleed across time and across our brains from the past into the present.
This phenomenon is known by scientists and goes by several names such as "the birthday blues," "the holiday effect," or even "anniversary reactions." The impact is especially strong for those who have lost a child and for older persons who have lost a long-time spouse. One Swedish study out in early 2015 found that mothers who lost a child had a 46 percent increased risk of drying during the anniversary week of their child's death. Another study out of Rutgers University found that older adults who were widowed experienced increased psychological distress during the holidays, the month of their late spouse's birthday, and during the month of June, when many graduations, weddings, and wedding anniversaries occur. One clinical psychologist, Ann Spector, states that when you lose someone, you never really "get over it." There is always a type of hole in your emotional fabric that never closes.
Becoming more aware of this phenomenon and understanding why you might feel depressed during certain days or times of the year can help you to take steps to do something about it. First, try to figure out why you might be feeling depressed or anxious at certain times. Sometimes you don't know the answer right away, sometimes you need to think about it for a while but it should come to you eventually.
Once you know what you are dealing with, it can actually help to talk to your subconscious. Many scientists believe that our subconscious is listening to what we say all the time and believes everything that we say. This is why therapists suggest positive self-talk. Tell yourself that what you are feeling belongs in the past and is not a part of your present. This doesn't mean that you "forget" what has happened; you are simply acknowledging that it did happen, but that it has no real place in your present world.
It can also help to talk to family members or friends and tell stories about positive things that occurred around this time. You can also try replacing old memories with new ones. For example, if hearing country music makes you sad because your father adored country music, but he has since passed on, try turning it on only when you are doing something you really enjoy, such as cooking or playing with your children. This can turn sad memories into happy ones as you start to remember that country music song as the time when your kids dressed you up as Lady Gaga.
In the future, be aware that a relapse can occur and you should take steps to nip these negative feelings in the bud. Try to figure out what it means to be extra nice to yourself and take those steps should these feelings arise again in the future. This might mean taking a long soak in a hot tub, or watching funny movies with your significant other while eating take-out, to calling your favorite cousin for a good long chat.
When it comes to anniversary or holiday-related grief, there is often plenty of anxiety as well. You might find that practicing meditation, deep breathing exercises, and massage help to keep you more in the present. Find the things in your life that help to bring you to a place of comfort and peace, whatever that might be for you.
READ ALSO: 10 Super Ways to Deal with SAD (Seasonal Depression)
In fact, finding that personal spot of peace and serenity might very well be the number one cure for any type of emotional or seasonal hangover that ails you.
If you find that you have thoughts about hurting yourself or if you are suicidal, please call the suicide hotline, your therapist, close friend, priest, or someone who can help you deal with these painful feelings.


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This week has been vacation week. Well, really, it is more like a staycation. I am not working, but I have not left town. I went into this week with lots of goals. I wanted to check off a long to-do list around the house. I had several books I have been wanting to read. I wanted to start doing some writing on some projects I have been ignoring. I had several hopeful things to do this week. Unfortunately, things have not turned out exactly how I planned them to turn out.
Hurricane Sandy
I was shocked to find out on Monday night that the kids would be off school on Tuesday. I guess high winds and lots of rain were in the forecast over the night from Hurricane Sandy that all the schools closed. That was a pleasant surprise. I now was able to spend some time with the family But what also surprised us was having the power go out really early Tuesday morning. For almost 18 hours, we were without the modern conveniences that we have come to enjoy. We do have a generator that runs our water and wood pellet stove and a few other things, but it is not the same. Going to the bathroom by candlelight is a bit too archaic for me.
Of course, during this time, our family was trying to stay thankful for all that we have. Seeing the pictures of what Sandy did on the East coast, made our short time without power nothing much easier to go through. Maybe the things we go through in life can be redeemed when we see them in light of a much bigger picture.
The highlight of Tuesday with the kids was playing a 5-hour game of Monopoly. Yes, you read that right. Five hours. It was one of those games that just kept going and going and going. I thought it would never end, and probably wouldn't have if we did not set a time limit on it. In the end, Karsten won because he had more money than JT. It was one of those memories that we will have for a long time.
My Birthday
Yesterday was my birthday. I want all of you who contacted me to know how much you mean to me. The phone calls, emails, and text messages mean a lot. The cards in the mail were very encouraging. The notifications on FaceBook are nice. But there is something about my birthday that I just really do not understand. I should be studied by some psychologist or something. The past several years, something weird happens to me. Late the evening before my birthday, it feels like a dark cloud envelopes me. I get really depressed. All I can do is think of all the negative things I have done the previous year. I cannot help but think about all the ways I have failed everyone. I feel like a complete loser in so many ways. And no matter what I do, it just does not seem to shake from me.
I read the Bible. I spend time praying. I try to read. Everything is just extra hard on that day. This morning, I woke up and was myself once again. But yesterday, it was just honestly hard. In the days leading up to my birthday week, I was reading Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges, and one statement seemed to leap off the page at me. Maybe this is my problem that brings all the negative thoughts into my mind on this day. He says,
"Another aspect of the pride of achievement is the inordinate desire for recognition. All of us appreciate commendation for a job well done or for many years of faithful service on the job or at church. But what is our attitude when we do a specific job well and don't receive recognition? Are we willing to labor in obscurity, doing our job as unto the Lord, or do we become disgruntled over the lack of recognition?" (96)
I am an overachiever. But I am also a competitor. Most of the time, I want to get more out of giftedness than the next person. I know that sound stupid and sinful. And I'm acknowledging that it is. But that is why I have a hard time taking vacation. That is why I have a hard time each year evaluating my year, because I only focus on all the ways I am failing instead of focusing on what God has done through me the previous year.
As I was struggling with this yesterday, the thought came to me. "Isn't the gospel of Jesus Christ the complete opposite of my desire for a life of achievement?" Yes. But that doesn't mean that working to be the best 1, 2, or 5 talent person you can be is wrong. But there must be a balance between realizing my acceptance in Christ and my desire to be the best that I can be for Him. And not for me.
I appreciate your prayers. I have just a few days left of vacation. I think I am going to forget all the stuff I want to get done and go grocery shopping with my wife. That should cure my desire for achievement.


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Morning is my favorite time of day... Did the coffee pictures fool you? I love my red glasses, my kitty cats, light parties, drinking coffee, thirty-second dance parties, and finding magic in the mundane. My favorite color is pink. I take pictures of flowers at the grocery store. I have a love affair with the sun and shadows. I'm a fan of bright color and texture and clean lines.
Now you may be wondering... Anna, what is your blog about? And that, my dear, is the real question.
This space I have carved out on the Internet is a little bit of everything, tbh. Photography is a constant. Words are a constant. Little adventures I take with Justin or my friends here and there are thrown in. My dabbles in knitting, scrapbooking, and painting make the occasional appearance as well. The content here changes as I do. This blog has always grown with me, and for that, I am so grateful.


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Bellus3D Face Camera Pro is an easy-to-use, high-quality, and affordable 3D face scanning camera for mobile devices. The Face Camera Pro is designed for self-scanning. Simply attach the Face Camera Pro to a smartphone or a tablet, turn your head from left to right, and start creating amazingly realistic 3D face models in seconds. You are ready to share your virtual self with others, be a star in your favorite games, or get an accurate 3D print of your head.
Bellus3D Face Camera Pro combines two proprietary state-of-the-art technologies that measure 500,000 3D points on your face to create a high-resolution and accurate face model in seconds. The scanned model can further be used to fit a statistical face model for face recognition, analysis, and animation.
DepthShape™ reconstructs 3D shape using an infrared structured-light depth camera designed for close range scanning at up to 0.4mm resolution with submillimeter accuracy.
PhotoShape™ leverages mobile device's high-resolution front-facing camera to capture face details such as skin pores and wrinkles. An optional LED ring light ensures your face is captured with perfect lighting and color every time.
A scanned model is used to fit a statistical face model for face recognition and animation
Many applications can benefit from having high-resolution 3D face models. Please tell us your application and we will work with you to realize it.
Apply digital makeup to your 3D face model for a realistic simulation of the makeup effect without the time and mess associated with normal trial-and-error. Inspect your makeup from different angles and under different lighting.
Use your own face to customize a character in your favorite game or VR world.
Bellus3D Face Camera Pro output is ready for printing with a 3D printer or a printing service. It is the easiest way to get a high-quality 3D print of your face.
Our accurate 3D face models let you virtually try on eyewears and wigs, not only for the look but also for the fit. You can get precise measurements based on your own 3D face data.
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The Bellus3D Face Camera Pro™ is an add-on camera to a mobile device designed for high-resolution 3D face scanning. It works with the mobile device's front-facing camera to scan your face in about 15 seconds while you turn your head from left to right. The scanned data is processed on the device in seconds to generate a 3D face mesh. The output is a standard 3D file with a high-resolution color texture map that can be sent to a 3D printer or printing service, uploaded to a 3D site such as Sketchfab, or imported to a 3D system for rendering or processing.
The Face Camera Pro measures 500,000 3D face points and generates a face mesh with up to 1 million triangles. It also generates a color texture map with up to 4K (image width) resolution. Many applications can benefit from having access to such a high-resolution 3D face model. Some examples include virtual try-on, medical/cosmetic surgery, virtual makeup, game character customization, 3D facial recognition, and 3D printing.
Bellus3D has developed state-of-the-art 3D face scanning technology optimized to run on mobile devices. The Face Camera Pro uses two infrared laser projectors to project many tiny invisible dots on your face, and 4 sensors (3 in the camera and 1 from the mobile device host) to simultaneously capture hundreds of high-resolution infrared and color images of your face from different angles. These images are registered and fused using our proprietary software running on the mobile device to create a full-color 3D face model. Unlike other 3D scanners, the Face Camera Pro is specifically designed for close range high-resolution scanning (from 20cm) and works with most mobile device cameras. By incorporating an external color camera in our scanning, the output quality can be improved with a better external color camera and lighting. The 3D scanning can also be done in total darkness if color is not required as the Face Camera Pro emits infrared light during scanning.
The Face Camera Pro requires a high-resolution front-facing color camera (8MP or up recommended), a fast multi-core processor with 3GB of RAM, and USB 2.0 or 3.0 port. At this time, we have tested with the following tablets:
We are keeping an up to date list of supported devices on our website. Please check there for up to date news. We also recently announced our Windows SDK and will be making announcements of our support of Windows devices. iOS devices are not currently supported.
The Face Camera Pro generates an OBJ file with MTL and JPG texture map. The OBJ file can be easily converted to other 3D file formats, such as PLY or STL, using third party apps. A full scan without any reduction in size can contain 1 million triangles. The output file size and the number of triangles can be controlled by the user. A standard resolution output with 60,000 triangles and a 2K (width) color texture map is about 6 MB. A high-resolution output file with about 250,000 triangles and a 4K texture map is about 24 MB. Addition information, such as normal or depth map, is also available.
The Face Camera Pro is currently in production and available to order on our website. The retail price is $499.00.
To develop applications for the Bellus3D Face Camera Pro you need to become a registered Bellus3D Developer. If you are interested in joining the developer program, please fill out our developer enrollment form.
The production version of the Face Camera Pro with the case is 100mm x 26mm x 13mm (w, h, d) in size and has a USB cable with a Type-C connector. Please contact us for more details.